1998 Hungarian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 10 May 1998, with a second round of voting in 175 of the 176 single member constituencies on 24 May.[1][2]

1998 Hungarian parliamentary election

10 and 24 May 1998
All 386 seats to the Országgyűlés 194 seats were needed for a majority
Leader Viktor Orbán Gyula Horn József Torgyán Party Fidesz MSZP FKGP Last election 20 seats 209 seats 14 seats Seats won 148 134 48 Seat change 128 75 22 Popular vote 1,263,563 1,446,138 617,821 Percentage 28.2% 32.2% 13.8%   Leader Gábor Kuncze Sándor Lezsák István Csurka Party SZDSZ MDF MIÉP Last election 70 seats 38 seats 0 seats Seats won 24 17 14 Seat change 46 21 14 Popular vote 353,205 139,934 248,832 Percentage 7.9% 3.1% 5.5%
Results of the election in all 176 single-member constituencies
Prime Minister before election Gyula Horn MSZP Elected Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Fidesz

Although the Hungarian Socialist Party received the most votes, the then-liberal conservative Fidesz won the most seats. The successful breakthrough into parliament by the extreme right-wing Hungarian Justice and Life Party was also a major shock. After the election, Fidesz formed a centre-right coalition government with the Independent Smallholders Party and Hungarian Democratic Forum.

Results

Party		SMCs			MMCs			National seats	Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Hungarian Socialist Party	1,332,412	29.8	54	1,446,138	32.2	50	30	134	–75
	Fidesz	1,161,520	26.0	90	1,263,563	28.2	48	10	148	+128
	Independent Smallholders' Party	594,099	13.3	12	617,821	13.8	22	14	48	+22
	Alliance of Free Democrats	456,032	10.2	2	353,205	7.9	5	17	24	–45
	Hungarian Justice and Life Party	249,135	5.6	0	248,832	5.5	3	11	14	+14
	Workers' Party	165,461	3.7	0	183,071	4.1	0	0	0	0
	Hungarian Democratic Forum	137,621	3.1	17	139,934	3.1	0	0	17	–21
	Christian Democratic People's Party	129,791	2.9	0	116,068	2.6	0	0	0	–22
	Hungarian Democratic People's Party	87,971	2.0	0	62,568	1.4	0	0	0	New
	New Alliance for Hungary	23,659	0.5	0	26,330	0.6	0	0	0	New
	Union for Hungary	13,599	0.3	0	9,149	0.2	0	0	0	New
	Forum of National Minorities	11,928	0.3	0	5,895	0.1	0	0	0	New
	Hungarian Social Democratic Party	11,845	0.3	0	5,689	0.1	0	0	0	0
	Entrepreneurs' Party	8,634	0.2	0	3,962	0.1	0	0	0	–
	Alliance of Independent Civilians	1,798	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	New
	Green Party of Hungary	1,758	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	0
	Association of Independents	972	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	New
	Social Coalition for Humanitarian Politics	825	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	New
	Social Democratic Party	669	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	0
	Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party	515	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	0
	USZM–VP	463	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	–
	Women's Party	460	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	New
	Hungarian Social Green Party	328	0.0	0	2,145	0.0	0	0	0	New
	Hungarian Gypsies' Democratic Party	290	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	New
	Hungarian Welfare Alliance	252	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	New
	Hungarian People's Party	184	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	New
	Party of Earth Dwellers, Life, Justice, Peace, Freedom	150	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	New
	Independents	75,965	1.7	1	–	–	–	–	1	+1
Invalid/blank votes		64,107	–	–	48,405	–	–	–	–	–
Total		4,532,443	100	176	4,532,775	100	128	82	386	0
Registered voters/turnout		8,063,631	56.3	–	8,063,631	56.3	–	–	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p926

External links

• National Electoral Office